by Jon Parks | Dec 16, 2013 | Blog, Triathlon and Running
Today I began my next triathlon journey: Ironman Raleigh 2014. Ironman Raleigh is a 70.3 (half ironman) distance race put on by World Triathlon Corp (aka: Ironman). The inaugural Ironman Raleigh was run this past June and I was proud to be a finisher. It was my...
by Jon Parks | Dec 9, 2013 | Blog
I travel a good bit for business. As part of my digital marketing consulting work, I teach Social Media Bootcamp and Google Online Marketing Bootcamp classes for ASPE-ROI. Both classes are three-day sessions and they have taken me all over the US as well as teaching...
by Jon Parks | Oct 22, 2013 | Blog, Social Media
My business travels this week have brought me to the “Gateway to the West,” the beautiful city of St. Louis, MO. I’m here teaching the next installment of the social media bootcamp for ASPE ROI. I’ve taught this class quite a bit during the...
by Jon Parks | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog, Family
I’m going to come clean. I did not like baseball. I did not play baseball when I was young. I did not watch baseball on TV. I did not talk about baseball with friends. To me, baseball was a very slow and incredibly boring game. It simply couldn’t match the...
by Jon Parks | Aug 9, 2012 | Blog, Triathlon and Running, Triathlon Training 2012
It’s coming quickly and I can feel it! In just a little less than a month from now, I will be looking at the following scene at 8 a.m. on Saturday, September 8: That’s the start of the White Lake International (Olympic) Triathlon (1,500m swim, 45k bike,...